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Victor Surbek (1885–1975) was a
Swiss
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painter from
Bern
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After studies in Italy, Germany (
Kunstgewerbeschule
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München, Kunstgewerbeschule Karlsruhe) and Paris (
Académie de la Grande Chaumière), he married fellow painter
Marguerite Frey-Surbek in 1914 and operated a painting school with her up until 1931. Surbek travelled widely and displayed his works at numerous expositions after 1905. In 1964, he and his wife set up a foundation to care for his works and archives in
Spiez.
Much influenced by
Hodler, Surbek was a typical representative of Swiss
figurative art
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. His very extensive work includes mainly landscapes, but also detail studies, portraits and still lifes.
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Biographyon g26.ch
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20th-century Swiss painters
Swiss male painters
People from Bern
1885 births
1975 deaths
Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
20th-century Swiss male artists